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F. RHIND.

BAROMETRIG RESERVOIR.

No. 386.657. Patented July 24, 1888.

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. BAROMBTRIG RESERVOIR. No. 386,657. Patented July 24, 1888.

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UNiTnn PATENT FFICEO FRANK Rl-HND, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO EDXVARD MILLER & COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BAROMETRIC RESERVOIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 386,657, dated July 24,1888.

Application filed July 23, 1987. Serial No. 245,096. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 1 tube a and partly within the fount A is aBe it known that I, FRANK RHIND, acitizen small siphonshaped tube, a,open at itsinner of the United States, residing at Meriden, endin thefount A,and preferably closed at its county of New Haven, and State ofConnectiouter end by a removable plug, a. An open- 5 out, have inventedan Improvement in Baroing is made in the tube a near the plug a metricReservoirs, of which the following is a and on that side of the tube awhich is next specification. the side of the tube a My invention relatesto that class of reser When the fount A, as shown in this convoirs whichhas a single opening from which, struction,is inverted or turned to theposition IO when the reservoir is in its normal position, shown in Fig.2, the plug or cap a may be rethecontainedliquid is diseharged,andthrough moved, as is shown in Fig. 2, and the fount which the reservoir,when inverted, may be filled with oil through the tube (t the confilled.tained air escaping after the oil has reached In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 is the level ofthe top of the opening at a through 15represents a study-lamp embodying my imthe tube a". The plug a is thenreplaced and provement partly broken away to show the the fount Areturned to its normal position, interior mechanism. Fig. 2 is a portionofthe the tube a passing into the guard-tube B. same lamp,also partlybroken away and with The oil then flows through the tube a and theoil-fount in a nearly-inverted position. through the opening in the pluga as in the 20 Similar letters refer to like parts in both ordinarystudy-lamp, until the level in the views. fount sinks to the lower edgeof the opening at A designates an oil fount or reservoir; a, a a. Afterthis point is reached, the oil flows trunnion or hub on which thereservoir A may through the siphon a, until the fount A is emprotate; a,a stop by which such rotation is tied. The pluga is insertedinthe end ofthe 25 limited; a a circumferential tube connected tube a" to preventthe filling of this tube with at one end with the reservoir A; a aremovoil when the fount A is being filled. It is able plug or cap at theother end of the tube preferably made removable to facilitate the a a, asiphon-shaped tube partly within the withdrawal of any obstruction whichmay reservoir A; a, a removable plug or cap at lodge in the tube a".

0 the outer end of the tube a"; B, a frame or It is obvious that no partof the siphon a shell supporting the reservoir A; B, an we need bewithin the tube a, but that it may be shaped tube connected with theframe or shell outside of and parallel with said tube.

B; O, a connecting tube leading from the Instead of or in addition tothe plug a the frame or shell B to the burnertube D. The tube a may beprovided with a valve of any 5 form of my invention illustrated in thedrawconvenient form. In practice, however, it is ings is constructed andoperated as follows: found that no oil escapes from the opening in Theframe B is provided with a tube, B, the plug a during the rotation ofthe fount A bent to the form of an arc of a circle slightly until theend of the tube a has reached the larger than the circumference of theglobular end of the tube 13.

4,0 reservoir or fount A. The fount A is pro- I do not desire to beunderstood as limiting 9o vided with an opening surrounded by a neckmyselfto the precise form of construction here or collar, a,which,striking against the upper shown, as it is obvious that variouschanges end of the tube 13, acts as a stop to limit the may be madewithout departing from the rotation of the fount A. Connected with thisspirit of my invention.

5 opening in the fount A is a tube, a bent to a What I claim as myinvention, and desire to curve substantially concentric with the fountsecure by Letters Patent of the United States,

A and of a size to pass freely into the guardis as follows: tube 13. Thetube a is provided with a plug 1. The combination of a barometricreseror cap, a preferably screw threaded and voir, a frame or shell inwhich said reservoir 50 pierced by a small hole. Partly within the issupported so as to be capable of axial revo- 10o lution, an opening insaid reservoir, and an exterior tube attached to said opening,bent to acurve substantially concentric with said reservoir and adapted to carryoil to or from said reservoir, substantially as described.

, 2. The combination of a barometric reservoir, a frame or shell inwhich said reservoir is supported so as to be capable of axialrevolution, an opening in said reservoir, an exterior tube attached tosaid opening, bent to a curve substantially concentric with saidreservoir and adapted to carry oil to or from said reservoir, and aguard-tube attached to said shell or frame and adapted to receive saidtube, substantially as described.

3. The combination ofa barometric reser voir, a frame or shell in whichsaid reservoir is supported so as to be capable of axial revolution, anopening in said reservoir, an exterior tube attached to said opening,bent to a curve substantially concentric with said reservoir and adaptedto carry oil to or from said reservoir, and a siphon-shaped tube partlywithin said reservoir and projecting through said opening, substantiallyas described.

4. The combination of a barometric reservoir, a frame or shell in whichsaid reservoir is supported so as to be capable of axial revolution, anopening in said reservoir, an exterior tube attached to said opening,bent to a curve substantially concentric with said reservoir and adaptedto carry oil to or from said reservoir, and a removable plug or cap atthe free end of said tube,substantiall y as described.

FRANK RHIND.

\Vitnesses:

GEO. L. COOPER, S. J. ROBY.

